A first Europe-wide certified diabetes educator course: What stops us from taking action?

Background: The health care which children and young people with Type 1 diabetes receive across Europe is still dramatically diverse in its quality. The aim of the European Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovation project was to develop and pilot the EU wide Certified Diabetes Educator course. Methods: Seven partners from six countries participated in the project: Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Portugal, Slovenia and UK. We reviewed the literature and existing effective diabetes educator curricula. Agreement rates among EU partners in terms of the content, mode of delivery and duration of the planned EU-CDE co…